Brief Life History of Alfred Millard
When Alfred Millard Tower was born on 26 April 1820, in Switzerland, Indiana, United States, his father, Jonathan Tower, was 42 and his mother, Melissa Colvin, was 40. He married Almira M. Hall on 5 June 1845, in Ohio, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Posey Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Luce Township, Spencer, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 3 May 1869, in Spencer, Indiana, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Richardson Cemetery, Lincoln City, Carter Township, Spencer, Indiana, United States.
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- Alfred Tower, "United States Census, 1850"
- Alfred M Tower, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Alford M Tower, "Find A Grave Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1825
Historical Boundaries 1825: Spencer, Indiana, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (from Latin turris).
English: occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).
Americanized form of German Tauer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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